1. Fall 2015 EE 671 Electromagnetic Theory and Applications

2. Fall 2015 General Information Instructor Zhengqing (ZQ) Yun, HCAC, College of Engineering Office: POST 201B Phone: 6-0759 Email: zyun@hawaii.edu Website http://www-ee.eng.hawaii.edu/~zqyun

3. Fall 2015 General Information Textbooks and references (optional) –Balanis: Advanced Engineering Electromagnetics –Bertoni: Radio Propagation for Modern Wireless Systems –Iskander: Electromagnetic Fields and Waves –Born & Wolf; Collin; Feynman; Flanders; Ishimaru; Stratton; … Office hours –By appointment

4. Fall 2015 General Information Grading –Homework –Examinations (optional) –Projects

5. Fall 2015 Contents Part I. Advanced Electromagnetic (EM) Theory Part II. Applications: Radio Propagation Modeling/Prediction for Wireless Communications

6. Fall 2015 Part I. Advanced EM Theory Maxwell's equations: a review The Del operator Unification of gradient, curl, divergence: differential forms Boundary value problems (BVP) and guided waves Green’s theorem and diffraction Bessel functions and EM field in cylindrical systems Scattering Ray optics Wedge diffraction: Uniform Theory of Diffraction Evanescent waves Saddle point method Some general theorems and principles Green’s functions

7. Fall 2015 Part II. Radio Propagation for Wireless Communications Wireless Communications Systems Propagation Models Challenges for propagation prediction Ray-tracing and applications Geospatial data for propagation prediction GPU acceleration for propagation modeling